Hose supporter



July 1 .1924. R 15,868

C. J. HAZELTON HOSE SUPPORTER Original Filed Feb. 24 1922 HID 1N Vii/VTOR 4 TTORNEYS Reissued July 1, 1924.

um'riso? STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

. cm I. HAZEL'ION, or WORCESTER,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN NAB- mssacnusn'r'rs.

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2" Original Io. 1,482,698, dated October 17, 1922, Serial 110., 538,936,flledlebruary 24, 1922. Application tor reissue filed July 2, 1923.Serial No. 649,174.

-To all whom it may concern: n Be it' known that 1, CARL J. HAZELTON, aLcitizen of the United States, .and a resident of Worcester, in thecounty of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in -Hose Supporters, of which the followingis a s ification. his application is a part of a continuaioition of mapplication Serial No. 455,764

filed Mare 26, 1921 and a continuation of 'm applicatipn SerialNo.511,885 filed Octo *1- anesarwn s My invention relates to a hosesupporter li-ofthe't e in which a loop is employed to f grip th'e viebetween itiand abutton car- 'ried by-a whwhich usually depends from theupper partof theloop. As heretofore ==oiinstructed these devices havehad a serious zoltault due to thefadt that when thehose ,is

gripped the strain on the same is' sustained -pil!i.lm\1'ily.1by'onlyevery small number of Wills The result is the fiequent production ofsW-ailmns .rwliich. disfigure Zlfiltl'd rwealen the'liose. "Anotherdefect in hose so porters as now constructed is that collet formin apart ofthe suppomr isheld' in'place yaheaded stud in such a manner thatthe head of the stud aloneisdepended upon to hold the collet in 'place.'The result is that'any unusual strain on the supporter is likely todislodge the mullet from its supporting element and ruin "the 'wholedevice.

The present invention is designed to overcome these defects withoutrevolutionizing the appearance of the article.

More specifically stated, the objectsof the present invention are toprovide a button of such a nature that the clamping ip betweenthe'button and the loop will ta e place along a line extendingtransversely of the supporter and of a plurality of the threads Uf*th8h05e so that the strain on the fabric ":is equally distributedthroughout a wide area, a substantial number of threads, wales orstitches being simultaneously gripped and the danger of injury to thehose or runs in the hose avoided or very much reduoed'ftoprovide aconstruction in which the 'rubber'eollet constituting a part of thebutton'dsheld firmly in position by two adjacentheads'of metal overlyinga solid body of -flbbeI9-l30HStlt/ilting" part of the oollet so thateven if the rubber becomes weak. through ruse or age it cannot be pulledoff its supporting element; to provide' a yielding wall atthelower. edgeof thebutton or collet head this wall extending transversely ofthebutton and being engaged by the hose when the supporter is. in use tothereby reduce the strain on the hose at this point; to provide thesefeatures in such form that the supporter will be effective incooperation with theloop to hold the hose, no matter at what angle theloop is applied; and to pror d at r ct v -reed; zsngsr ss ra mase forpreventing the oollet 'from turning so that theabove-mentioned"objectswill be mainta ned- 1 r ';I-The,-invention othernovel features tending to assist in accomplishing the'above-mentionedobjects as will appear erein f 1 1 In! the accompanying drawings Fig.lis a front elevation ,oia hose supporter constructed ins accordancewith this invention, showingthe same. in place on a stocking;

Fig. 2 isa similar view showing the hose fabric removed and a part ofthe supporter pb ke w y; L). 1' i. s

Fig.- 3 is a side elevation of the supporten; 'Fig. tis a. section'takensubstantially on the line 4-4 of Fig;"1; j x 7 5 :""Fig."5 'is a sectiontaken on the line 55 'of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 isa section through the button and base plate of Fig. 3; q

Figs. 7 and 8 are plan and sectional elevational views; respectively ofa modified form of button and base plate; and

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevational view of a further modified embodimentof my inven- In Figs. 1., 2 and 3 the hose supporter is illustrated asin a vertical position. The termstop, bottom, front etc. are thereforeemployed throughout this specification with this fact in mind, but theseand similar terms are used for descriptive purposes only and are to betaken "merely as relative and not restrictive.

- Referring to thefdrawings in detail and first of all to Figs. 1 to 6inclusive,'10 designates a supporter loop of well' known constructionfor receiving the usual elastic strap 11 of the supporter. The loop 10is pivotallyi' connected with a lower metallic loop 12. This loop isprovided with almost parallel but slightly converging side arms 18thelower ends of which are connected to each other by a straight transversebar 14. The arms 13 of the straight transverse bar 14 together providesa substantially rectangular button-receiving loop. These parts areconveniently formed of a piece of'wire or may be a metal stamping.

The loop also supports a stri of textile material15 which hangs downbind the 12 and is usually in the form of nonelastic tape. The lower endof this strip 15 carries a metal base plate 16 provided with 5mm]transverse perforation 17 for 1scaving the tape 15. The base latecarries two spaced securinglrivets 1'8. ese rivets m provided with eads19 arran symmetrically with respect to the shan s ofthe rints and ofsuch diameter that they are spaeid only a short distance apart.

A rubber covering or collet of a peculiar and novel shape is ap lied tothe shanks of the rivets 18. This collet comprises a shank 21 and a head22. The: shank 21 is preferably of segmentalcross section comprisingthelower art of a circle and arranged with the hat si e or face 23 atthe bottom thereof as viewed in Fig. 5. The head 22 of the collet is ofgenerally convex form in eleva and, elon ted or oval in plan itslongitudinal axis fieing parallel to the flat face of the'shank and isprovided with an elonated depression or groove 24 extending en wise ofthe head of the collet and par- I alle with the fiat face 23 of theshank. The

bottom of the groove 24 serves as a seat for the heads 19 of thesecuring rivets which srethus sunk well below the surface of the head ofthe collet. This groove or depression also provides the head of thecollet with twowalls of rubber 25 and 26 integral with the button orcollet and of thin cross-section so as to be readily yieldable towardthe center of the button; J

When the parts are assembled and in use the straight transverse bar 14of the buttonreceiving loop is parallel to the straight bottomtransverse surface or face 23 of the collet shank and the roove 24 inthecollet head as well as to t e yieldable walls 25 and 26.

When the button-receiving loop and the button are brou ht into cooerative relation with the hosefa ric clampe' therebetween as shown inFigs. 1 and 4 and a strain is placed upon the hose the straighttransverse bar 14 o the loop will firmly clamp the hose fabric againstthe straight bottom wall provided by the straight bottom surface or face23 of the shank in a transverse lane thereby clampin or grip ing thefabric over a pluralit o the wa es or lines. of stitches of the 1 abric.The strain on the fabric thereor points. The strain on the fabric isalso materially relieved or taken up by the yielding of the bottom wall25 of the collet head as indicated in Fig. 4, the top or face of thiswall as viewed in F ig. 3 or in 4 being substantially parallel to theplane of the loop when the loop and collet are in operative relativepositions. The fabric of the stocking is necessarily somewhat distortedin passing over the head of the button and back through thebutton-receiving loop but this distortion is minimized by the generallyconvex shape of the collet head which allows the section of the fabricpassing over the button and through the loop to be positioned in asmooth, even form as illustrated in Fig. 1. The two adjacent parallelside arms 13 of the button-receiving loop are spaced at the rightdistance apart to grip the opposite sides of the convex part of thecollet shank as indicated at 27 even when the loop is turned at an angleto its normal position, so that even if the button-receiving loop isinitially applied to the hose improperly rela-' tively to the button thehose fabric will still be gripped, and as a strain is put upon the hosethe loop due to the curved portion of the shank of the collet'willautomatically assume its proper cooperative position relative to thecollet by rocking or swinging about the button or collet shank.

It will be seen from the description thus far given that in my improvedhose supporter the collet shank is provided with a straight extendedface or surface 23 against which the fabric of the hose is gripped bythe straight transversebar 14 of the buttonreceiving loop. It will beseen also that the groove 24 in the collet head extending par- @1191 tothe bar 14 of the button-receiving loop provides a lower thin readilyyieldab'le wall 25 of rubber projecting downwardly from said groove asviewed in F ig. 2 to relieve the strain on the hose fabric.

It will be apparent also that not only does the bar 14 of the buttonreceiving loop grip the hose fabric against the straight face 23 of thebutton shank but the side arms of this loop are so arranged as to gripthe fabric against the straight face'23 of the button shank but the sidearms of this 1 are so arranged as to grip the fabric agalnst the sidesorcurved portion of the shank thereby insuring proper clamping orgripping of the hose fabric at all times.

Referring to Figs. 7 and 8, -28 designates a base plate provided with,the usual perforations 29 Mounted on this base plate is a rubber colletrov-ided with a head 31 and a shank 32. T e shank 32 is similar in shapeto the shank shown-in Fig. 5 that is to say :itis-provided with a lowerflat portion or face corresponding to the flat portion or face 23 ofFig. 5. The head 31 of the collet is substantially segmental in planbeing provided with a flat surface 33 lying in the same plane with theflat surface on the shank and with curved ends 34 and curved upper edgeThis collet is held on the base plate by a staple comprising a head 36.and spaced legs 37... The head of this staple lies in a depression 38inthe topof the collet head fthe shape of this depression corresponding tothe shape of the head of the staple thereby assisting the spaced legs 37in preventing the collet from turning. .It will be seenthat the buttonhead below the depression 38 constitutes a yieldable rubber wallprojecting beyond the groove or depression38 all'sthe wfayhaluszross 1te button, the loyiver surface 39 o .t .bein sllbfiti l tlfl lycontinuous with" gif the shank inasmuch as the flat surface 33 of thehead lies in the plane of the flat surface on the segmental shank. Inuse, therefore, this portion of the collet head will yield toward thegroove in a direction transverse .to the long axis of the button.

In Fig. 9 I have provided another embodiment of my invention this formcomprising a base plate 40 which may be rovided with erforationssimilarto the pcrfbrations 17 of ig. 5. On this base plate is mounted arubber collet comprising a head 41 and shank 42. This collet may have ahead sha ed like the head of the collet of Fig. 2 or t e collet of Fig.7 or may be round if desired. The collet is held to its base plate by aplate 46 and a pair of rivets passing through the plate and collet,these rivets comprising heads 44 and shanks 45. The rivet heads lie in adepression 43 in the collet head provided for that purpose.

Preferably the plate 46 is of the same size and shape as the depression43 to assist the rivets in preventing the collet from turning.

In all the forms illustrated it will be seen that a solid block ofrubber is provided beneath the heads of the rivet or the head of thestaple as the case may be this solid block of lllbbel being an integralpart of the collet itse Although I have illustrated and describedseveral embodiments of my invention it is to be understood that changesmay be made in the details of construction without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture a hose supporter comprising a rubberbutton with a straight bottom wall, a loop having a straight transversebar at the bottom thereof for gripping the fabric of the hose againstsaid straight wall in a transverse plane, the head of said button beingprovided with a groove parallel with'said barto provide a lower thinreadilv yieldable wall of rubber .adaptedto yield toward the center. ofthe button under excessive strain on the fabric.

2. As an article of manufacture a hose supporter comprising a rubberbutton having a straight bottom surface or face, a loop having sidemembers to engage the sides of said button and a straight transverse barto grip the fabric against said straight bottom surface, the head ofsaid. button being provided with a groove to provide alower wall ofrubber integral with. the button of thin opposite convex surfaces of theshank even when the loop is at an angle to its normalposition.

4. A hose supporter comprising a rubber collet having a head and ashank, said shank having a straight ,front or bottom surface and beingof circular form back of said straight bottom surface, a loop forgripping the hose fabric to said collet said loop having side members toengage the sides of said shank and a straight transverse bar to grip thefabric against the said straight front or bottom surface to keep thefabric in a flat condition all the way across said surface.

'5. In a hose supporter the combination of a rubber collet having anoval head and a segmental shank the head of said collet having a grooveon its front surface parallel with the straight face of the shank toprovide a lower thin wall of rubber readily yieldable toward the grooveunder excessive strain on the fabric, a base plate and means forsecuring said collet to the base plate.

6. In a hose supporter the combination of a rubber collet having an ovalhead and a segmental shank the head of said collet having a groove onits front surface parallel with the straight face of the shank toprovide a lower thin wall of rubber readily yieldable toward the grooveunder excessive strain on the fabric, a base plate and means comprisingspaced members passing through the collet for securing said collet tosaid base plate.

7. In a hose supporter the combination of a rubber collet having an ovalhead and a segmental shank the head of said collet 'having a grooveonits front surface parallel with the straight face of the shank to provide a lower thin wall of rubber readily yieldable toward the grooveunder excessive strain on the fabric, a base plate and means comprisingtwo rivets having heads located in said groove for securing the buttonto the base plate.

8. As an article of manufacture, a supporter clasp comprising a rubberbutton having a shank and a loop for gripping the fabric thereto, saidbutton having a groove on its front surface, and having a lowerstraight, thin, readily yieldable wall of rubber projecting beyond saidgroove all the 7 way across the button, the lower surface of whichrubber wall is substantially continuous with the bottom of said shank,whereby under excessive strain on the fabric said Wall will yield towardthe center of the button. a

'9, As an article of manufacture, a supporter clasp comprising a rubberbutton having a straight bottom wall and loop for gripping the fabricthereto, havin side members engaging the sides ofsaid utton and astraight transverse bar at the bottom gripping the fabric against saidbottom wall, said button having, a groove parallel" with said bar on itsfront surface, and having a straight wall of rubberintegral; with thebutton extending in a plane all the wa across the front of the button,constituting t e lower boundary of said groove, andof thin cross sectionand located parallel with the holding bar so as to be capable ofyielding towar I the groove under excessive strain on thefabric,-the'top of said wall being substantially straight and parallelwith theplane of the loop.

This specification signed this 18 day of June, 1923,

CARL HAZELT'ON.

